Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100501:04:10:00
>> on august 16th, 1977, a radio telescope in ohio picked up a signal that became famous. the signal was a steady source of radio waves, just the kind an alien race might send because it stands out from the radio static that fills the universe. a computer recorded the signal as six letters and numbers. astronomer jerry ermin saw the letters and wrote one word in the margin. >> larry: this is a remarkable, remarkable entertaining feature that will air on discovery sunday. john smithson and ben bowie are the executive producers of "end of the universe with stephen hawking." this would be an opin...